How Many People Are Named Monifa?
people named Monifa are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 863,093 people in the US has this name
Based on 416 babies named Monifa in Social Security records from 1969 to 1998, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
34 births
Trend
Last year given
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "I am lucky" in Yoruba.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Monifa in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Monifa alive today is about 45 years old, and 92% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 40 and 52 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Monifa first appears in the records in 1969 and was given most often in 1970, to 34 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1998.
Babies given the name each year, 1969 to 1998
🏆 Rank History
Monifa has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #2,295, in 1970.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #2,295 (1970) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #3,146 in the 1970s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Monifa alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Monifa were born in New York than in any other state: about 163 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Monifa was given about 12.1 times as often in New York.
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